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Warranties

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2011

Warranties [Abstract]

Warranties

(12) Warranties

The Company generally warrants its products against certain manufacturing and other defects. These product warranties are provided for specific periods and/or usage of the product. The accrued product warranty costs are for a combination of specifically identified items and other incurred, but not identified items based primarily on historical experience of actual warranty claims. This reserve is classified within other current liabilities. The following tables provide the changes in the Company's product warranties:

			September 30,				September 30,
		Three months ended
		November 30,
$ in thousands		2011				2010
Warranties:
Product warranty accrual balance, beginning of period		$	3,651			$	1,862
Liabilities accrued for warranties during the period			899				842
Warranty claims paid during the period			(805	)			(908	)
Product warranty accrual balance, end of period		$	3,745			$	1,796

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- Definition

Disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name FASB Interpretation (FIN)

-Number 45

-Paragraph 14

-Subparagraph a, b

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